Posts tagged with "swimming"

July 13th, 2018Stay cool and active this summer, as children between the ages of 6-16 are being given the chance to splash down for £1 at six city council pools during the school summer holidays.
The kids for a quid sessions are available at Cossington Street, Spence Street, New Parks, Braunstone, Aylestone, and Evington leisure centres, from...By July 13th, 20180 comments

January 11th, 2018Team England have finalised their swimming and athletics squads for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast, taking the number of Loughborough swimmers to nine and athletes to 23.
With five already named, a further four swimmers have been added, including current Loughborough University students Abbie Wood and James...By January 11th, 20180 comments

August 10th, 2017Two young people from Leicestershire who are competing at this year’s Special Olympics GB National Games have been awarded grants from the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT) to help them fulfill their sporting ambitions.
Swimmer Laura Sharp, from Sileby, and tennis player Matthew Chilvers, from Broughton Astley, are among around...By August 10th, 20170 comments

June 17th, 2016
Pakistani swimmer and Loughborough College student Lianna Swan has been named as one of two swimmers heading to Rio this summer to compete for Pakistan at the Olympic Games.
In February this year the 19-year-old along with her fellow teammates travelled to India to represent Pakistan in the twelfth South Asian...By June 17th, 20160 comments

February 17th, 2016Lianna Swan speaks to Pukaar News in an exclusive interview, telling us about her career and success in being a Gold medal swimmer.
Lianna, 18, is a Pakistani swimmer who has recently won gold representing her mothers birth country at the 2016 South Asian Games in India.
The Loughborough College student, who also holds seven...By February 17th, 20160 comments

January 23rd, 2015Young people visiting three of Leicester's leisure centres can pick up a free piece of fruit as part of a pilot scheme to encourage healthy eating.
From January 23rd, children and young people visiting Aylestone, Braunstone and Cossington leisure centres will be able to choose a piece of fruit to eat after their fitness...By January 23rd, 20150 comments

July 5th, 2014The swimming pool at Leicester Leys Leisure Centre will reopen on Monday 7 July following the completion of essential repair work.
On Saturday 12 July there will be a funday, for all to enjoy, celebrating the reopening of the pools.
After the repairs to the leaking pipework the pool is scheduled to open on Monday at...By July 5th, 20140 comments

January 10th, 2014
A recovering heroin addict has spoken of how scuba diving helped him escape a life of crime and drug use.
Daniel Hirons was given a unique opportunity to discover a new life underwater thanks to a pioneering scuba programme being run by the Loughborough-based rehabilitation centre 'The Carpenter's Arms Residential...By January 10th, 20140 comments

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